Terry Pratchett: Back In Black BBC2 on Saturday 11th at 9 p.m

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The BBC have announced they are filming a Docudrama about the life of Terry Pratchett. Paul Kaye will Play Sir Terry.
He certainly looks the part, that's him in the photo, I just hope he can do the voice justice without going over the top with the lisp.

No airdate yet.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38601542

Rob is involved, so it will likely be as Terry would have liked.

thanks for the heads-up

I've just seen the Advert advertising this after eastenders.... He doesn't sound good.

I haven't seen the advert, but I suspect the documentary will be as challenging and heartbreaking to watch as the Dignitas documentary he made a few years ago.

The programme is being aired on BBC2 on Saturday 11th at 9 p.m. I've set it to record, as I suspect I won't be able to watch it while it's being aired. I think it's going to be a programme that I'd need to put on pause to do some thinking.

The voice on the advert sounds like a really bad caricature.

The voice on the advert sounds like a really bad caricature.

I'm hoping the voice in the actual docudrama is better.

BBC2 on Saturday 11th at 9 p.m!!!

Thank you MNHQ for amending the title!!

on now

Oh gosh, it was sad. Hard to watch; I do miss him

That last 10 minutes made me cry and I never cry at the tv. Paul Kaye was pretty good I thought.
Don't think Nightwatch was his best Discworld book though, if pushed I would say Jingo or the Fifth Elephant. Equal Rites maybe.
Sod it, I couldn't choose!

That was far better than i was expecting.

I watched it with DP who loves Sir Terry & every novel. He hasn't read the last as says he just can't bring himself to have 'finished' his books.

I, on the other hand, have never read one. But, we both sat on sofa with a tear in our eye during this programme. Such a cruel waste for such a talent.

Do I need to read the books in order? I have read The Colour of Magic.
I felt the same about Ruth Rendell, saving her last book...

No you don't need to read them in order.

You might want to read ones about the same character in order (i started with mort, Reaperman, soul music and the hog ather, which makes up the Death quadology), but even this isn't necessary.

I can't finish the colour of magic, it's just not very good imo.

The same with 'the dark side of the sun' i couldn't get into it.

Thank you

Just watched and cried when Neil Gaiman did. Lovely to see Terry's daughter too. Also Colin Smythe who I spoke to often in 1982 but never met. He chose our small company to typeset The Colour of Magic, giving me the most fun I've ever had at work! In those days you still had to type in every word, making me one of the first people to read TCOM!